Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Coordinator
ZOA Sudan
Total years of experience :31 years, 0 Months
• The Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Coordinator is responsible and contributes to strengthening and ensure timely data collection, management and reporting of We are Able Project as well as of other projects implemented by ZOA in Gedaref State.
Key Responsibilities Provides technical support to We are Able and other ZOA project teams on better understanding of indicators and data elements. Ensures timely collection/receipt and review of data collected by various program stakeholders including community level committees; implementing partners, DPOs and CSOs, technical departments, public authorities, program staff, etc. Develops, reviews and maintains updated program databases for easy retrieval of data for reporting and decision making Leads monthly entry of different project data into databases and ensures data is up to date as per implementation plans and indicators tracking tables. Supports and takes the lead in project evaluation and operation research activities by facilitating field data collection, data management, reporting and information sharing accordingly as delegated by the supervisor. Supports project coordinators and Gedaref program manager in preparation of monthly, quarterly and any other ad hoc reports by availing data in a timely manner. Supports other ZOA Sudan programmes learning and operation research data activities. Conducts verification and validation of programme data through planned routine data quality assessment (RDQA) visits or during monitoring field visits in collaboration with other ZOA MEAL and program team members. Supports in data analysis and feedback dissemination. Liaises with other staff (as relevant) to ensure that lessons learned and recommendations from MEAL are fed back into programming. Participates in MEAL capacity building at the Programme in collaboration with the ZOA Sudan MEAL Expert. Takes up any other responsibilities as assigned by the Supervisor.
• Lead in the development and implementation of ENABLE Youths outreach, knowledge management and dissemination strategy, ensuring it serves the purpose of supporting the Project to achieve its objectives.
• Lead promotion efforts in changing counter-productive mind-sets of youth through the outreach strategy to promote Agriculture as a business, with a particular attention to attract female candidates.
• Responsible for building and sustaining partnerships with public and private stakeholders involved in youth employment promotion in the country (youth men and women business associations, national business
Abdelaziz Ali Abdelaziz Osman ICT4D, Project Management, MEAL, Reporting and Communication December 2018
associations, UN Women, other development partners, NGOs, relevant Government ministries institutions, etc.)
• Build and sustain a strong brand and profile for ENABLE aimed at generating buy-in for the model and approaches among its key stakeholders.
• Commission consultants and suppliers in the roll out of communication activities that result in effective implementation.
• Monitor the implementation of the communication plan against communication strategy performance indicators.
• Lead in the development of the One-Stop Shop platforms.
• Manage strategic relationships and partnerships with major key stakeholders (government officials, partners, professional associations, media, etc.).
• Lead in the development and dissemination of communication materials and media platforms; ensuring that they communicate and influence effectively.
• Lead the production of publications, case studies, ensuring content reflects work accomplished by the project.
• Lead in the preparation and writing of communication literature and other influencing / program related materials.
• Facilitate knowledge and information sharing/ dissemination of ENABLEs Youth Program work;
• Liaise with the Monitoring and Evaluation unit to communicate ENABLE Youth Program performance results and lessons learnt;
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the outreach and communication strategy in driving achievement of the organization strategy.
• Guided by the Country Office Monitoring and evaluation system, develop and maintain project level standardized protocols and use for project monitoring, evaluation, accountability checking and lessons learned arid best practice documentation
• Guided by the project monitoring and evaluation plan and tog-frame, monitor and independently verify the project performance against the implementation schedules; the planned output objectives, intended results: the implementation approaches etc. as specified in the project document
• Produce and share regular project performance monitoring reports
• Guide/ advice the technical officers and the Project Management to take corrective actionsto keep the project performance aligned with the project design throughout the project period
• Review project progress reports produced by the technical officers against the monitoring reports
• Serve as reporting focal point for the project at the sub-office level and responsible to compile the sector reports arid produce final draft project progress reports
• Initiate and draft the sub-office level project performance Information required for payment by Results reports to the donor
• Conduct continuous analyses of the project processes conduct case studies document lessons learned and best practices, arid provide feedback to the project technical officers and project management
• Interact independently with the project target communities, the direct and indirect beneficiaries project partners arid stakeholders etc. and solicit their view on the project and provide feedback to the attention of the technical officers and project management
• Serve as focal point at the sub-office level to facilitate and provide support to internal and external assessments, surveys, evaluation, reviews, stakeholders visits, etc. commissioned to the project
• Maintain user friendly records for the programme side of the project at the sub-office level
• Provide MEAL technical support to other programmes / projects in the sub-office e.g. on job training on M&E
• Communication and reporting focal person December 2018
• Following up and executing media plan across all media, including national and international press, TVs and Radio plus social media Twitter - Sudan Facebook Page - Flickr - YouTube Channel -LinkedIn”.
• Following up the production of key publications to raise and market Practical Action’s profile and projects activities.
• Taking responsibility for the update and management of Practical Actions website and databases “Technical Enquires Database - Info Hub”
• Following up partnership Program Coordination Units “PCUs” plans.
• Following up internal communications (Sending weekly update - Updating SharePoint news site - Updating ICOM International Communications Staff Facebook page - sending relevant news to technical staff as necessary)
• Insure the application of the organisation’s brand in internal and external communication.
• Taking responsibility of the collation of information and feedback on Practical Action Sudan activities and the collation of personal stories/case studies to support UK newsletters.
• Setting, monitoring and forecasting an accurate Communications Budget with fundraising unit and projects managers in new proposals as necessary.
• Following up the organization of events, workshops, and external meeting as necessary.
• Coordinate the communication for Aqua for East Partnership. This consortium consists of six organizations (Plan International, Practical Action, ZOA, Islamic Relief Worldwide, International Aid Services and SOS Sahel Sudan) to implement water for three states program in east Sudan. The program Funded by UK Aid for the water project and European Union for the food Security.
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• Instruction in all phases of the Schools program (PYP/MYP/DP) aligned with the philosophy of the CISK to classes assigned by the Head of School
• Curriculum design and implementation aligned with the philosophy of the CISK
• Development of educational program and materials based on the philosophy of the CISK
• Out-of-classroom activities for/with students.
• Regular assessment (grading, evaluation and reporting) of students and programmes.
• Student counselling.
• Attendance at teachers meetings and workshops.
• Regular meetings and communication with parents
• Held in and out of school exhibitions, to reflect CISK activities as well as for other purposes
• Design Arts activities to reflect cultural events and celebrating in/out the school
1. “Assist local community, community based organizations, educational, research and community networks make information accessible in communities surrounding.
2. Develop specific ICT-related development products and services at the community level to benefit conservation, health, education, water and sanitation, and child protection and participation through creation of online databases, community radio, and multimedia interactive CD-ROMs
3. Explore new opportunities for public/private partnerships in support of new and ongoing ICT in public health, wildlife conservation and enterprise initiatives.
4. Provide advice and strategic recommendations for ICT development coordination at both technical and managerial levels and in line with Plans protected area ICT development strategies.
5. Cover innovative approaches to ICT4D.
6. Engage with Civil Society, private sector, government and academic sector.
7. Provide a forum for dialogue and action amongst new and existing players to promote coherence, joint working and new partnerships.
8. Establish and run a permanent ICT Observatory focusing on ICT4D innovations.
9. Contribute to the testing, appraisal, eventual promotion and adoption of innovative ICT4D within Plan and with Plan partners.
10. Manage the projects’ cycle including programming, processing, administration and evaluation phases;
11. Liaise with development agencies and partners on collaborative work related to ICT4D.
12. Contribute to the development of strategies and action plans.
13. Implement other tasks as requested by Plan’s Director and the Head of Department
ICT operational plans
ICT disaster recovery plans within the business continuity plan
Security and access control for data and network devices
Plan and manage PU technical services ensuring adherence to all corporate processes
Availability and reliability of the ICT infrastructure, applications and connectivity
Provides first line support, advice and solutions to ICT users in relation to application, data and business process issue, ensuring all issues are resolved in a timely fashion
Ensure that system security and organizational compliance, processes and procedures are in place and properly maintained at the PU
Perform proactive tasks for ICT infrastructure and corporate applications maintenance
Maintain agreed levels of service provision and service levels
Provide ICT support to delivering program outputs
Provide ICT expertise to ICT in the communities (ICT as a medium of development)
Facilitate information management and usage
Increase user ICT proficiency through the transfer of skills to Plan staff and communities
Ensure adherence to corporate standards, design and architecture.
Escalates incidents to CO/global infrastructure support or local external support contracts as appropriate
Monitor software licensing and usage
Identify user ICT training needs and highlight these to the PU Manager
Design and publish Sudan websites on the internet and intranet.
Design all plan Publications.
Design the Media materials (Video and Audio)
Daily monitoring and maintenance for the websites.
Daily monitoring for the LAN.
Desktop monitoring and troubleshooting for all staff PCs at the country office.
Design and publish PLAN - Sudan Web page.
PLAN - Sudan Web page monitoring and daily maintinance
Control and follow up all NOIs (National Organizations Inquiries). “I have created an application specially to control NOIs.”
Control and follow up all sponsorship communications through the E-mail and the other communication materials between the country office and national organizations world wide, and country office and program units inside the Sudan.
In additional of my work I have been nominated by the IS&T Manager to be the second person of the IT issues in the country office by doing the following during the absence of the IS&T Manager:
1) supervision of LAN (e.g. opening and shutting down the server, making sure that all clients are accessing the server, etc., 2) overall supervision over IT infrastructure and 3) Backup & Restore procedures.
Coordinate the correspondence between the field and the Donor Countries.
Participate in translation of correspondence to and from the field and donor countries.
Participate in the preparation of the Annual progress report.
Data entry.
Preparation and filing of Family profiles.
Preparation of the community Profiles.
Follow up all the computer issues.
Keep and follow up all communications.
Tabulate all the statistics for monthly and annual reports.
Responsible for the mail and all other communications.
Design all publication of the ministry.
Supervision and monitoring of the publications production.
Improve the quality of the publications.
Prepare the graphics and presentations for all statistical matters of the Ministry.
• I had worked in different areas in Sudan (Western Darfur State, River Nile State and Khartoum State as a Fine Arts Teacher and English Language Teacher).
Achievements:
• In 1994 I was a teacher in West Darfur where I have been selected as a member of the Schools Higher committee for competitions in West Darfur State and I played a vital role in the selection of the students representing the state in the competitions and prepared them for in all aspects for the National Competitions.
Make design and montage for different type of publications.
Plate making.
Reproduction.
Photography.
During this period I have been participating in many short courses in all above mentioned fields as well as in computer design software such like adobe Photoshop, freehand and PageMaker.
Design and excute:
Signboards, Posters, Flags .....etc
During this period I have been attached to the Officers ID cards office as a technician, photogrpher and caligrapher.
